Medical Technologist Resume: Examples, Templates & Top Tips

📝 It puts work experience in reverse chronological order, listing the recent positions first. This is the most commonly used format for a medical technologist resume.

✅ Pros:

• Your medical technologist resume has an easy-to-read and straightforward format.
• It puts the most relevant position above, which is probably what recruiters are most interested in your medical lab technician resume.
• This format is ideal for med tech professionals making a resume with vast experience in the field.

❌ Cons:

If you lack experience, this will be noticeable in your medical technologist resume as this format emphasizes work experience more than other qualifications, which means this format is not suitable for an entry-level medical technician resume.

📝 This format highlights skills and current experience in your medical technologist resume. This format is often chosen by career changers or people who have gaps in their careers.

✅ Pros:

Suitable for individuals with relevant skills for the job positions.

❌ Cons:

• Cannot display your career development clearly. Unlike a medical laboratory technologist resume in a chronological format, this format may leave unclear how your experience gave you the relevant skills for the job.
• May not pass the ATS. ATS (Applicant Tracking System) is a tool used by many employers to screen job candidates. If the employer uses an ATS to screen your med tech resume before reading it manually, they will likely find it irrelevant.

📝 A combination format is a mix between the previous two formats mentioned, functional and chronological format. It emphasizes both skills and experience.

✅ Pros:

Both your experience and skills are highlighted in your medical technologist resume. - Your skills are proven with the experience included.

❌ Cons:

• This format is not a good fit for new grads with no experience.
• Can be difficult to balance skills and experience as there is no correct answer on which element should outweigh the other.

📝 A targeted format resume is tailored for a specific position

✅ Pros:

• A medical lab technician resume following this format means the document has been made solely for that specific job opening.
• Resumes that have been tailored well for a specific job demonstrates employers you took the effort to match their demands.

❌ Cons:

Using this format takes more time and it is only useful for one job position.

• PDF format
  This format is the most recommended file type. Most online resume builders export your medical technologist resume in a pdf format. The main advantage is that pdf files are compatible across most devices and the layout or text formatting cannot be altered.
• Word format
  A resume in Word format is not ideal simply because the layout can be altered when it is opened on other devices. It is best to not use this format unless recruiters specifically ask to use this format instead.
  

👍 Advice 1: Use skill-based (functional) resume format.
This format works best for freshers as skills are highlighted over the experience they currently lack.

👍 Advice 2: Adopt a career objective statement.
Resume summaries are usually suitable for experienced candidates. Using a resume objective/career objective instead is a good way to craft a medical technologist resume without experience.

👍 Advice 3: Highlight your education.
Academic background is the backbone of freshers. Make sure to include it in your medical technologist resume.

• Medical Laboratory Scientist Resume Headline:
  "Laboratory Scientist With Over 10 Years of Lab Experience."
• Medical Laboratory Technician Resume Headline:
  "Medical Lab Technician With Track Record of Ensuring 100% Accuracy In Lab Test Results."
  

Medical Laboratory Scientist with 5 years of experience in testing and analysis of serology, urinalysis, and hematology. Experienced in training associates in a laboratory environment. Possesses interpersonal skills and builds rapport with individuals of all backgrounds.

Medical lab technician with outstanding nursing expertise acquired from hands-on training with one of the country’s leading health care providers. Seeking a position at Lelo Medical Center to perform all laboratory tests and procedures as quickly as possible while paying close attention to detail and ensuring the highest possible standard.

Hard Skills

• Urinalysis
• Histology
• Data Analysis
  
• Quality Control
• Blood Bank Teamwork

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Attention to Detail
• Critical Thinking
• Time management
• Teamwork

Medical Technologist
Farmann Medical Center
June 2017 - June 2020

• Elaborated and preserved medical records, documents, and reports for administrative purposes.
• Performed clinical lab experiments in an accurate and timely manner.
• Trained 10 entry-level lab technicians, who were later hired by the hospital.

Southwell University, England 2012-2016
Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences